1998 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup

Football tournament season
1998 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
Deildarbikar karla
Tournament details
Country Iceland
Teams34
Final positions
ChampionsKR
Runner-upValur
← 1997
1999 →

The 1998 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the third staging of the Icelandic Men's League Cup. It featured 34 teams.

The competition started on 13 March 1998 and concluded on 26 August 1998 with KR beating Valur 6-5 on penalties in the final.

Details

  • The 34 teams were divided into 5 groups of 6 teams and 1 group of 4 teams. In the 4 team group, each team played other teams twice. In the 6 team groups, each team plays one match with other teams in the group once. The top 2 teams from each group qualified for the 2nd round along with the best four 3rd placed teams from the groups with 6 teams.

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FH (Q) 6 4 2 0 14 4 +10 14 Qualification to the Second round
2 Keflavík (Q) 6 4 1 1 17 6 +11 13
3 Grindavík 6 1 1 4 9 12 −3 4
4 Selfoss 6 1 0 5 5 23 −18 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ÍBV (Q) 5 4 1 0 25 4 +21 13 Qualification to the Second round
2 Valur (Q) 5 4 1 0 21 6 +15 13
3 Fylkir (Q) 5 2 1 2 14 11 +3 7
4 Víðir 5 1 2 2 16 14 +2 5
5 Sindri 5 1 1 3 5 11 −6 4
6 Þróttur N. 5 0 0 5 3 38 −35 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Leiftur (Q) 5 4 0 1 18 3 +15 12 Qualification to the Second round
2 ÍR (Q) 5 3 2 0 14 4 +10 11
3 HK (Q) 5 3 0 2 10 11 −1 9
4 Þór Akureyri 5 2 1 2 7 4 +3 7
5 Njarðvík 5 1 0 4 2 17 −15 3
6 Fjölnir 5 0 1 4 3 15 −12 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Stjarnan (Q) 5 4 0 1 9 3 +6 12 Qualification to the Second round
2 KR (Q) 5 2 2 1 9 5 +4 8
3 Leiknir Reykjavík 5 2 1 2 10 8 +2 7
4 Afturelding 5 2 1 2 5 5 0 7
5 KA 5 1 1 3 6 10 −4 4
6 KS 5 1 1 3 6 14 −8 4
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Breiðablik (Q) 5 4 0 1 25 7 +18 12 Qualification to the Second round
2 ÍA (Q) 5 4 0 1 18 5 +13 12
3 Þróttur R. (Q) 5 3 0 2 14 5 +9 9
4 Völsungur 5 2 0 3 7 12 −5 6
5 Dalvík 5 2 0 3 5 19 −14 6
6 Reynir Sandgerði 5 0 0 5 0 21 −21 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tindastóll (Q) 5 4 0 1 10 8 +2 12 Qualification to the Second round
2 Fram (Q) 5 3 1 1 18 6 +12 10
3 Haukar (Q) 5 3 0 2 4 5 −1 9
4 Skallagrímur 5 2 1 2 14 9 +5 7
5 Víkingur Reykjavík 5 2 0 3 5 6 −1 6
6 Ægir 5 0 0 5 3 20 −17 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Knockout stage

Second round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
28 April 1998
ÍBV 6–2 HK
29 April 1998
Tindastóll 0–1 KR
FH 2–1 Fylkir
Leiftur 2–2 (a.e.t.)
4−3 (pen)
Þróttur R.
Breiðablik 0–0 (a.e.t.)
4−5 (pen)
ÍR
Keflavík 0–1 (a.e.t.) ÍA
Valur 1–0 Fram
Stjarnan 2–1 Haukar

Quarter-finals

FH3–1ÍR
Saevarsson
Gardarsson
Magnusson
A. Davidsson

Stjarnan1–4Valur
Gunnarsson Hreidarsson ,
Stefansson
Magnusson

Leiftur1–1 (a.e.t.)ÍA
Ingimundarson Gislason
Penalties
5–6

ÍBV2–3KR
Johannesson , Juliusson
Jakobsson
Benediktsson

Semi-finals

FH1–3Valur
Gestsson Stefansson
Magnusson
Juliusson

KR0–0 (a.e.t.)ÍA
Penalties
4–3

Final

KR2–2 (a.e.t.)Valur
Haxhiajdini 60'
Hinriksson 95'
Guðjohnsen 30'
Juliusson 109'
Penalties
6–5
Referee: Gylfi Thor Orrason

See also

References

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